11:15 - Verdict reached.
Unfortunately, I'm not at the courtroom, so I've been flipping channels, watching everyone try to fill time as they wait for the verdict to come out.
12:04 - Jury is coming in....
More soon...
MBA Libby
Entries related to the Media Blogger Association coverage of the Libby trial
Libby Verdict: Guilty! Count 1, Count 2... Not Guilty 3, Guilty on 4, Guilty on 5
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 03/06/2007 - 13:01
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Rate on NewsTrustVERDICT: 12 NOON
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 03/06/2007 - 12:34
Just in: Verdict has been reached and will be announced at noon.
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The continuing saga of the Connecticut Judiciary
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 03/03/2007 - 20:07
When I came back from live blogging the Libby trial deliberations in Washington DC, I thought perhaps I would be done with blogging about the judiciary for a little while. I did not expect to find myself reading what I have been reading about the Connecticut Judiciary.
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Playing Pictionary?
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 17:35
“all rise”
Walton:
Good afternoon….
Umm, the reason I had you come back is because someone in the jury has asked if someone can have a dictionary. I need to explain why…
While we try to use common language, sometimes words have a legal connotation.
So, if people have questions about what a word means, they need to ask me.
The jurors were not happy on Monday to come into the court, won’t be happy today either because they aren’t dressed up. They aren’t dressed up today… Do you want me to call them in
(loosely transcribed)
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Walton to address jury at 4:30
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 16:58
At 4:30, Judge Walton will be addressing the jurors. They it is believed that he will be dismissing them early today. There have been talks about a note, but no details. Rumors are that it is about scheduling. There had been unsubstantiated speculation that the jury will not be deliberating tomorrow based on an overheard discussion of someone overhearing someone from the defense team saying to one of the court clerks, “See you on Monday”.
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Breaking late lunch Libby trial news, not
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 15:07
We have now learned that there is a flood in the court cafeteria. Will this interfere with the cookies that the cafeteria has been sending up everyday? If so, would that make a verdict more, or less likely? It isn’t clear. People continue to joke around, to try and find anything to pass the time. The verdict is now predicted to come out during Anna Nicole Smith’s funeral during a down pour in Washington.
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Product Placement in Jury Requests
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 10:51
It has now come out that yesterday at around 3:30 in the afternoon, the jury sent another request for supplies: "We would like another big Post-it pad. The large one for the easel."
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Final day at the Courthouse
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 09:53
Well, this is it, my final day at the courthouse during the Libby deliberations. I don’t know if this will be the day that the jury reaches a verdict. I would love it to be, but I have my doubts. So, stepping away from the reporting on minutiae and the speculation about what it means, let me return to some personal thoughts about the bigger picture.
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The jurors have left the building
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 02/28/2007 - 17:51
The word has come down at around 4:45 that the jurors have left the building. There are lots of speculations about what it could mean. They’ve reached a decision and everyone wants to go home get a good night’s rest and come in with verdict clothes tomorrow. They are close and have decided to go home and sleep on it. They have reached an impasse and are going home to cool off. Perhaps there is a special sale at a local store, or they are having early happy hour for jurors at a local bar.
Strike that: It is now reported that Judge Walton had a five o'clock meeting and sent them home early.
Meanwhile, we’ve been told that they will be shutting down power in the building at midnight for maintenance. Power should be back by 3 AM, or maybe 10 AM, depending on what happens.
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Lunch at the Libby Trial, No News
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 02/28/2007 - 15:39
After this morning’s big non-event, there wasn’t much Libby related stuff to talk about during lunch. The discussion at the table I was eating at veered from talking about judges and their clerks to some journalists talking about the old days of the AP versus UPI and what it was like trying to submit stories from Saigon over painfully slow wires.
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